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Planning Officer

Employer
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Location
Riverside House, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Salary
£28,672 - £31,346
Closing date
18 Apr 2021

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Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Planning, Policy and Strategy
Function
Officer, Planner
Sector
Local Authority

Planning Officer

Job reference: REQ05060

Location: Riverside House, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Salary: £28,672 - £31,346

37 hours per week, full time, temporary until January 2022, to provide cover for maternity leave.

Due to current Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions we are following Government advice and this may result in interviews being held via video call.

The fastest growing economy in Yorkshire. A major town centre regeneration underway, including 1,000 new homes. We have high aspirations for Rotherham, from the exciting Forge Island cinema and leisure development to the Future High Streets Fund bid to redevelop the town’s markets. Clearly, Rotherham is changing. Driving this change is a council that’s passionate about putting Rotherham on the map for all the right reasons.

Rotherham is a top performing planning authority: winner of the RTPI planning excellence award in 2018 and top of the government’s league table for planning application performance. That’s what makes planning services at Rotherham different; we have talented, passionate people, determined to do their best work for Rotherham, influencing and helping to shape the Borough.

The Council has an exciting opportunity for a Planning Officer within its Planning Policy team. The post is to cover maternity leave and is for a temporary 9 month period only.

About the role

You will work within the Planning Policy team to support implementation of the recently adopted Local Plan, providing planning policy advice as part of the Development Management process, and contributing to the implementation of schemes to deliver Local Plan objectives.

We are taking forward a partial update of the Local Plan Core Strategy and there will be opportunity for you to contribute to the preparation of revised planning policies, the supporting evidence base, and public consultation which is programmed to take place in Autumn 2021.

As part of a flexible team you may also be required to work on other areas depending on workloads and departmental priorities, such as feeding into the monitoring of the Local Plan, neighbourhood planning and ensuring that the Council continues to meet its Duty to Co-operate requirements.

You will play an active role in shaping Rotherham’s sustainable development: meeting the key challenges of continuing the borough’s regeneration, growing the local economy and providing new homes while preserving the best of its environment.

At Rotherham we will provide you with an interesting and challenging step in your career, as well as a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement and access to an occupational pension scheme.

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed planning professional, with the experience, skills, and knowledge to quickly integrate into a busy Planning Policy team. You will hold a town planning or equivalent qualification and, ideally, be eligible for Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

You will have a good understanding of planning policy and legislation and the ability to present complex information in a clear and easy to understand manner, to ensure understanding by a wide variety of stakeholders.

We know you must juggle work and life commitments and we will discuss the right mix for you, whether it’s compressed hours or working from home, we are committed to flexible working patterns in our established team. This post is expected to be home-based at present, in line with national Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance. Where a return to office working is possible the post will be based in our modern offices in the heart of Rotherham, well located for public transport from the Sheffield City Region. Our Worksmart policy makes working as easy in the home as at the office, so there is some flexibility about where and when you work, and we offer a range of other employee benefits.

Further information

Contact Ryan Shepherd (Senior Planner) for an informal discussion regarding this post on 01709 823888 or email ryan.shepherd@rotherham.gov.uk

Application closing date 18/04/2021

Provisional interview date: W/C 26/04/2021

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2022 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).

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